KitKatie329 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Can A. tesselatas and B. craniifer cross breed? I want to put both in a tank but I won't if this is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 you should be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 It's almost always the rule that hybridizing can only occur within a genus (and with very similar members of the genus at that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKatie329 Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Thanks guys! At Ralph: So I'm assuming they are different genuses? Can you give me an example of two species of the same genus? Would it be like E. distani and E. postings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKatie329 Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Haha sorry posting from my phone, I meant E. posticus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Lol, yes. Eublaberus distantii and posticus are both in the genus Eublaberus. The genus name is the first and capitalized part of the scientific name. It goes Kingdom -> Phylum -> Class -> Order -> Family -> Genus -> Species. Animalia -> Arthropoda -> Insecta -> Blattodea (or Dictyoptera or what have you) -> Blaberidae -> Archimandrita -> tesselata. There are also "tribes" and "subfamilies" and plenty of other names but those aren't usually important! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKatie329 Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Wow thank you so much for the info dump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipi Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Hi Roachkeepers, I have a question. Can E. javanica and E. chopardi make love together? Because I do not want any more hybrids in my home. I cannot find any information on the forum. Thanks! Zoltan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I would guess that they can't. From my experience, the larger the difference between nymph forms, the less likely it is that the two species will be able to hybridize. The nymphs of E. davidi and E. javanica are quite similar so I would expect the two of them to be able to hybridize. However, these are all closely related species in the first place so I would err on the side of caution and not keep them together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKatie329 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 Safer is better than sorry, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 No they cant, but that doesn't mean you won't see breeding attempts. I've witnessed b dubia male trying to court a much larger b fusca female, of course there was no mating but males might try anyway, it's interesting to watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipi Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thank you all! Well I think I will keep them separated but I want to know for 100% if they can hybridize. So I will try it out later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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